Saoirse Ronan Is 'Dead Serious' About One Major Role in the Next James Bond

Why James Bond 26 Needs Saoirse Ronan More Than Jacob Elordi as 007

Photo Credit: Apple TV/20th Century Studios If Amazon MGM Studios casts Saoirse Ronan as the villain in James Bond 26, that decision is more compelling than Jacob Elordi as 007. Ronan has made it perfectly clear that if she joins the Bond franchise, she wants to play a villain. “I want to go dark. I said that I wanted to be a Bond villain and I’m dead serious,” Ronan told Empire. “I think it would be really interesting, having a young female vil…

Saoirse Ronan is 'dead serious' about one major role in the next James Bond

Irish actress and four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan has once again confirmed her strong desire to join the cast of the next James Bond film; this time as the main villain. Although the name of the actor who will succeed Daniel Craig as secret agent 007 has still not been officially announced, the star of Lady Bird, Little Women and Brooklyn says she wants to explore a much darker side of herself as an actress. “I want to go dark,” Ronan told…

Saoirse Ronan politely reminds everyone she’d like to play a Bond villain

Nobody can deny that Saorse Ronan’s got range. The Irish actor has four Oscar nominations to her name for playing everything from a precocious child to a pregnant teen to one of the Little Women. (With the occasional “Psycho Killer” tossed in for good measure.) But now Ronan’s aiming for some prime blockbuster villainy, telling Empire that she is genuinely on board to play the big bad in the next James Bond movie. “I want to go dark,” the Outrun…

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Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the 26th Bond film, but no casting has been announced.